Seven Years in Tibet poster
Screenplay Becky Johnston
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud

Seven Years in Tibet

Tagline: At the end of the world his real journey began.

Release Date: 1997-09-12

Duration: 136 minutes

Synopsis

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Casting

  • Brad Pitt
    Heinrich Harrer
  • David Thewlis
    Peter Aufschnaiter
  • BD Wong
    Ngawang Jigme
  • Victor Wong
    Chinese 'Amban'
  • Mako
    Kungo Tsarong
  • Danny Denzongpa
    Regent
  • Ric Young
    General Chang Jing Wu
  • Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
    Ingrid Harrer
  • Duncan Fraser
    British Officer
  • Lhakpa Tsamchoe
    Pema Lhaki